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A trap is a device used for trapping animals.

Trap or TRAP may also refer to:

Art and entertainment

Biology and medicine

• Trapezius, a muscle
• Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a metalloenzyme involved in bone formation
• Mediator (coactivator) or thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins
• TNF-related activation protein, also known as CD40 ligand
• Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter, in prokaryotes
• trp RNA-binding attenuation protein, in bacilli
• US TRAP laws ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers")
• TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS)
• Twin reversed arterial perfusion, a twin pregnancy abnormality

Games

• Trap (chess)
• Trap (poker), a strategy
• Trap pass, see Glossary of contract bridge terms

Places

• Tarap, Attock, a village in Pakistan
• Trap, Mogila, a village in North Macedonia
• Trap, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales, United Kingdom
• Trap Grounds, a nature reserve in Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Science and technology

• Chemical trap, a chemical compound that is used to detect unstable compounds
• Magnetic trap, the use of magnetic fields to isolate atoms or particles
• Petroleum trap, a geological structure that forms a petroleum reservoir
• Social trap. a psychological system where people, operating for short-term individual gains, lead to long-term group losses.
• Trap rock, any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic igneous rock
• Trap and trace device, records any number called by, or calling, a particular telephone
• Trap (plumbing), a pipe to prevent the release of gases
• Trap (printing), a commercial-printing technique to overcome registration problem

Sports

• Neutral zone trap, an ice hockey defensive strategy
• Sand trap, a type of bunker (golf)
• Starting Traps, the equipment that racing greyhounds start a race from
• Trap shooting
• Triathlon Association of the Philippines, the governing body for the sport in the Philippines

Transportation

• Trap (car), a secret compartment in an automobile
• Trap (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage
• Traffic-related air pollution

Other uses

• Trapdoor
• Operation Trap, code name of a large-scale Soviet offensive operation against the Mujahideen supply base of Karkari-Sharshari
• Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, a U.S. military term for a rescue mission to retrieve a downed aircraft
• Training-Repayment-Agreement Provision, a part of an employment bond or contract which stipulates that the cost of on-the-job training will be borne by the employee
• Passing (gender) (slang)

See also

• Ambush
• Booby trap
• Sand trap (disambiguation)
• The Trap (disambiguation)
• Trapped (disambiguation)
• Trapper (disambiguation)